ANTIQUITIES.. 



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tjuarfer of malte, as he shalbe ap- 

 pointed by the head officers. 



Item, that he sliall give know- 

 Icdg to the butler, or some of the 

 head officers, when his beare is 

 ready to be timued up, that they 

 may appoint the groomes of the 

 stable, fewilier, hindes, and some 

 other which have their diet in the 

 house, to helpe to bestowc the same 

 in the butteries ; and that they use 

 n9 chairc folkes at any tym». 



Item, their honnors' pleasure and 

 commaundmont ys, that no officer of 

 Itousehold whosoever, shall chal- 

 lendge or take any fees, of what 

 uatui'e or kinde soever the same 

 bee, unles tlieir honnors, or one 

 of them, do by their owne guilt and 

 warrant appoint the same ; — also 

 their honnors' pleasure and expresse 

 commaundment is, that no officer or 

 servaunt in their house shall (with- 

 out the knowledge or consent of 

 some of the head officers) use any 

 chairc folkes ; but that all things 

 which are to be done, shal be per- 

 formed by his householde scrvaunts. 



A Description of the Form and Man. 

 ner^ hoio and f>i/ -what Orders and 

 Customes the State of the Fclloic- 

 ship of the Middle Temple (one of 

 the Houses of the Court) is main- 

 tained ; and what Ways they have 

 to attain unto J^arnimf. (Temp. 

 Reg. Hen nil.) From an Ori. 

 ginal MS. Herbert's Hint, of the 

 Inns of Court. 



First, there is no lands nor ro- 

 veuues belonging to the house, 

 whereby any learner or fctudent 

 inought be holpen and encouraged 

 to study, by means of some yearly 

 stipend or salary ; which is the oc- 

 CisioH that many a good witt, for 



lack of exhibition, is compelled to 

 give over and forsake study, before 

 he liave any perfyt knowlcge in the 

 lawe, and to fall to pra6tisy«g, and 

 become a typlcr in the law. 



The Auctoryte of the Hed Officer ia 

 the House- 

 Item, that there is in the said 

 house, yearly chosen by the elders 

 of the house, one of the sagest of 

 them to here the office and name of 

 tresorer : and his auctorite is io ad- 

 mit into the fellowship such as he 

 thinketh mete : his auctorite is to 

 assign io such as arc of the fellow- 

 ship thci'e, their chambers and lodg- 

 ings. This auctorite is to gather of 

 certen of the fellowship, a tribute 

 ycrely of iii^. mid. apiece, which 

 among them hath the name of a 

 pcncion ; and to receive of certain 

 of the fellowship a rent of certaiue 

 chambers. This office is also to pay 

 of the said money, the rent due to 

 the lord St. John's for the house 

 that they dwell in ; and to pay also 

 of the same money, the wages for 

 reparations of their chambers and 

 houses. This office is al^o to pay 

 of the same money the wages or sa- 

 lary of the servants of the house ; 

 as the stuard, their butlers, cokes, 

 and other officers ; and yearly io 

 yield accompt of his receipt unto 

 two auditors, which are appointed 

 unto them by the elders of the 

 house. 



The Diversity of Fellowships there, 

 their Manner of Study, and Pre- 

 ferment therein. 



Item, that there is in the same 

 house of the fellowship there, two 

 companyes; ihe one called tlie 

 clerks commens, the other called the 

 the masters commens. 



Item, the clerks commens are 

 such young n>cn as are admitted to 



the 



